Goodridge v. Lord
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit for 1500 dollars, laid out and expended for the plaintiffs, and for a like sum had and received by the defendant, to the use- of the plaintiffs. [ * 484 ] * This action was tried at the last April term in this county, and a verdict found for the defendant, by direction of the late chief justice, subject to the opinion of the Court upon the following case agreed by the parties: — The plaintiffs, on the 4th of December, 1810, being owners of the schooner President,…
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Assumpsit for 1500 dollars, laid out and expended for the plaintiffs, and for a like sum had and received by the defendant, to the use- of the plaintiffs. [ * 484 ] * This action was tried at the last April term in this county, and a verdict found for the defendant, by direction of the late chief justice, subject to the opinion of the Court upon the following case agreed by the parties: — The plaintiffs, on the 4th of December, 1810, being owners of the schooner President, of the burden of 141 tons, by a deed of charter-party, let her, to freight, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the West…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
From the facts stated in this case, it appears that the defendant, as master of the vessel, was liable to the seamen for their wages; and that' the plaintiffs were not liable, Marston and Burbank being substituted as owners for that voyage by the charter-party, and having stipulated to pay all the expenses of victualling and manning the vessel. The plaintiffs’ vessel was, however, liable to the seamen by the marine law, and was, in fact, libelled and held until the plaintiffs procured her release by paying the sum due.
Certainly, under these circumstances, an action would lie for…
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